David Alonso escaped injury after being run over by Filip Salac during the Moto2 race at Buriram, Thailand.
Agius scored his first Moto2 pole position on Saturday at Buriram International Circuit for his IntactGP team. However, Sunday’s race was one to forget.
The Australian suffered a slow start and plummeted to sixth by Lap 3.
It was on that lap that the first of two red flags flew when David Alonso clipped Agius’ rear wheel.
Alonso was hit by American Racing rider Filip Salac, who copped a secondary hit by Agius.
The race was stopped nearly a lap later with Alonso splayed on the side of the track.
Agius reportedly suffered an electrical issue, and had to restart the race from the pit lane.
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Following a brief stoppage, the race was restarted for an 11-lap race.
However, the restarted race lasted less than three corners before another crash brought out the red – this time, involving Speed Up rider Luca Lunetta and Sergio Garcia of Gresini.
Neither rider had gotten to their feet before the field got them on the following lap.
Garcia clipped the back of Barry Baltus’ Fantic Racing bike and fell, taking Lunetta with him.
After a seven-lap dash to the chequered flag, Agius’ teammate Manuel Gonzalez emerged victorious over Pramac’s Izan Guevara and Aspar’s Daniel Holgado.
Agius, in the end, finished 18th.
“We had a mechanical problem right after the start of the race,” said Agius.
“I then did my best to push the bike back to the pit box. A big thank you to my team, who quickly fixed the problem.
“Unfortunately, I had to start from the pit lane and then there was another restart.
“I caught up as much ground as I could in the shortened distance. But in the end, we will throw this Sunday in the rubbish and start afresh in Brazil.
“We are taking a lot of strengths away from this weekend. So, we will quickly put this behind us, because things happened today that we could not control.
“I am looking forward to the next race, because my team is doing an excellent job.”
Gonzalez, who started seventh, labelled his win the “hardest” of his career.
“We had a tough weekend because yesterday was a really difficult day for us,” said Gonzalez.
“But we managed to salvage the situation. Above all, I had to be patient and think about how and when to overtake.
“Our strength was the bike’s turning, and I made good use of that to overtake other riders in the tight corners.
“Apart from that, the heat made it very difficult to control the front wheel. That is why I am very happy with the work of the team and all the people who help me off the track, such as my family.
“A big thank you to everyone. So, here we go, we have secured another victory and started the season just like last year. Let’s see if we can keep it up.”
Moto2 continues its season at Goiana in Brazil on March 20-22.
Results: Moto2 Grand Prix of Thailand, Buriram International Circuit
Pos
Num
Rider
Team
Bike
Laps/Diff
1
18
Manuel Gonzalez
LIQUI MOLY Dynavolt Intact GP
Kalex
11 laps
2
28
Izan Guevara
BLU CRU Pramac Yamaha Moto2
Boscoscuro
0.099
3
96
Daniel Holgado
CFMOTO Inde Aspar Team
Kalex
0.454
4
4
Ivan Ortola
QJMOTOR – PONT GRUP – MSI
Kalex
1.138
5
95
Collin Veijer
Red Bull KTM Ajo
Kalex
2.667
6
13
Celestino Vietti
SYNC Group SpeedRS Team
Boscoscuro
3.211
7
21
Alonso Lopez
ITALJET Gresini Moto2
Kalex
4.220
8
17
Daniel Muñoz
Italtrans Racing Team
Kalex
4.340
9
53
Deniz Öncü
ELF Marc VDS Racing Team
Boscoscuro
5.835
10
71
Ayumu Sasaki
Momoven Idrofoglia RW Racing Team
Kalex
6.180
11
44
Aron Canet
ELF Marc VDS Racing Team
Boscoscuro
6.550
12
11
Alex Escrig
KLINT Racing Team
Forward
6.788
13
14
Tony Arbolino
REDS Fantic Racing
Kalex
7.103
14
7
Barry Baltus
REDS Fantic Racing
Kalex
9.740
15
54
Alberto Ferrandez
BLU CRU Pramac Yamaha Moto2
Boscoscuro
9.776
16
72
Taiyo Furusato
Idemitsu Honda Team Asia
Kalex
10.378
17
9
Jorge Navarro
KLINT Racing Team
Forward
12.326
18
81
Senna Agius
LIQUI MOLY Dynavolt Intact GP
Kalex
12.601
19
12
Filip Salac
OnlyFans American Racing Team
Kalex
17.958
DNS
84
Zonta Van Den Goorbergh
Momoven Idrofoglia RW Racing Team
Kalex
DNS
32
Luca Lunetta
SYNC Group SpeedRS Team
DNS
98
Jose Antonio Rueda
Red Bull KTM Ajo
Kalex
DNS
3
Sergio Garcia
ITALJET Gresini Moto2
Kalex
DNS
80
David Alonso
CFMOTO Inde Aspar Team
Kalex
DNS
16
Joe Roberts
OnlyFans American Racing Team
Kalex
DNS
36
Angel Piqueras
QJMOTOR – PONT GRUP – MSI
Kalex
DNS
64
Mario Suryo Aji
Idemitsu Honda Team Asia
Kalex
